Questions

685. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will investigate and address a delay in assessments of need for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53399/26]

192. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of the current wait list for an assessment of need (AON) in Cavan and Monaghan; the timeline for a person to be seen through an AON; the date of applications received are currently being assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52093/26]

639. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a capacity assessment will be given to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51092/26]

719. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department can investigate and address a delay in a person’s assessments of need (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49612/26]

393. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the financial supports that are available to single parents who are seeking private assessment for autism for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48431/26]

395. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm that a child (details supplied) will receive an urgent assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48491/26]

1. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress of the establishment of the new autism assessment service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47690/26]

24. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting on assessment of needs over the statutory waiting time, in each RHA area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47426/26]

37. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress being made to reduce waiting times for assessment of need, including the current average waiting period nationally; the immediate measures being implemented to ensure children are not disproportionately affected by delays in accessing diagnostic and therapeutic supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4…

40. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on assessment of need waiting lists in County Meath; the way in which she plans to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46891/26]

43. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Cavan and Monaghan who received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe in the years 2024 to date; and the number that did not. [47501/26]

1575. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting time for children per county to access an initial assessment through local children's disability network teams; the longest current wait time; the number currently awaiting assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42240/26]

167. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps taken by the HSE to identify, assess and engage potential private providers in relation to the proposed outsourcing of occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services for the Children’s Disability Network Team in North Kildare; the considerations that informed the decision not to proceed; and if she will make…

176. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the number of assessment of need reports overdue for completion in Cork increased by approximately 600 cases from 1,193 in Q1 2025 to 1,872 in Q1 2026; the additional resources that are being allocated to address this backlog given that applications received also increased by 31% from 1,568 in 2024 to 2,056 in 2025; and…

177. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the number of assessment of need cases overdue to commence Stage 2 in Cork more than doubled from 43 in Q1 2025 to 93 in Q1 2026, representing an increase of over 100%; the specific measures that are being put in place to address this acceleration in delays at Stage 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40…

190. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for assessment of need for children in Cork north-west; the measures being taken to reduce delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40685/26]

1021. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking to address significant delays in the assessment of needs process (details supplied); the measures being taken to ensure timely assessments and prevent children from being left without essential educational and developmental supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39941/26]

1042. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if urgent intervention will be provided in the case of a child (details supplied) currently awaiting assessment through a children's disability network team, where serious behavioural and safety concerns have been raised by the family; if the child's assessment can be prioritised; if interim behavioural or family supports can be made…

231. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the number of the up to 6,500 clinical assessments funded through the Assessment of Need Targeted Waitlist Initiative under Budget 2026 have been delivered to date; the number of those assessments that have been allocated to families in the HSE South West region covering Cork and Kerry; the projected…

945. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the process of assessments for autism in children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34288/26]

428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the date an assessment of needs will be carried out for a child (details supplied). [33480/26]

806. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting time for an assessment of need in County Cork; the number of children currently awaiting assessment, broken down by length of time waiting and by Children's Disability Network Team; the specific measures being taken to reduce this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33048/26]

807. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Cork who received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date in 2026; the number who did not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33049/26]

400. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current time frame to receive a decision on an assessment of needs once submitted in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31750/26]

230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419 and 420, of 26 March 2026, the measures in place for her Department to identify twice exceptional children outside of the assessment of needs process (details supplied). [31091/26]